Do Dads Get Shafted on Invitations?

Paula just wrote about how when couples divide up work, “fair” doesn’t always mean “equal.” But what happens when other people, outside of your partnership, end up divvying up the work for you?

Recently, in a Facebook posting, a dad friend wrote that he felt shunned when his wife–and not he–received invitations for kid-centric events.

“I think it’s a little bit sexist when people email kiddie birthday party invites just to the mom and not to the dad (when they have both emails or can find them pretty easily),” he wrote. “Dads plan too, simple as that, so why not include us in the emails?”